Want to Fix Public Health? Stop Thinking Like a Doctor.
By Eric Reinhart A changing of the guard in US public health is impending—and, with it, a chance to rejuvenate a flailing field. Anthony Fauci has retired in the shadow of one of the worst…
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A 12-Week Ban on Abortions Means More Women Will Die
Opinion By Dr. Beverly Gray and Dr. Jonas Swartz Esse quam videri. Our state motto — “To be, rather than to seem” — should encapsulate the values of North Carolinians. We should stand for truth,…
Accessing Abortion in the Triangle
Edited by Carl Hintz Republicans in North Carolina’s General Assembly are pushing through a 12-week abortion ban. North Carolina previously banned abortion after 20 weeks and six days, requiring a 72-hour waiting period, and requiring…
Judge Who Ruled on Abortion Pill Hand-picked by Plaintiffs
By Anne Nelson On April 7, U.S. district judge Matthew Kacsmaryk made headlines with an unprecedented ruling suspending the 2000 FDA approval of the abortion medication mifepristone. The ruling marked the first time a court…
Childbirth Killing Black Moms at a Higher Rate
NC advocates, policymakers discuss solutions. By Jennifer Fernandez Everyone here knew the data: Black women are three times more likely to die in connection with childbirth than white women. And they knew the cause: hard-to-solve…
Who’s Behind NC’s Extreme Abortion Ban?
By Saige Smith NC House Bill 533 – A Total Abortion Ban On March 26, North Carolina Republicans filed the first anti-abortion legislation of the session, and it’s bad. This bill would ban abortion from…
We Are All Playing Covid Roulette
Without clean air, the next infection could permanently disable you By George Monbiot You could see Covid-19 as an empathy test. Who was prepared to suffer disruption and inconvenience for the sake of others, and…
A Revolution in Clean Indoor Air
It will take re-engineering, not just medicine, to close the door on COVID Andrew Nikiforuk In this, the fourth year of the pandemic, one question is on everyone’s lips. How the hell will this thing…
‘Cancel This Failed Experiment’: Physicians Tell Biden HHS to End Medicare Privatization Pilot
By Jake Johnson A national physician group this week called for the complete termination of a Medicare privatization scheme that the Biden White House inherited from the Trump administration and later rebranded—while keeping intact its…
Eliminating Healthcare Debt: A Liberatory Approach
By Chuck Bell A liberatory or emancipatory approach to eliminating medical debt begins with truly hearing the voices of one hundred million Americans who are struggling with bills they can’t afford to pay. As a…